Results 2014
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Results 2014
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Overview of the data
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Learner Completions - BTEC Firsts
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Learner Completions – BTEC Nationals
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Learner achievement – BTEC Firsts
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Learner Achievement - BTEC Nationals
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Results 2014
About these results
The results published this year represent achievement for students in UK Schools and FE Colleges (“FE”) for the 2013/14 full
academic year (from September 2013 to August 2014).
In previous years the published results have shown all achievements between June and May. This change has been brought
about for two main reasons:
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The phased introduction of external assessment into BTEC First and National qualifications means that increasing numbers
of students are completing their qualifications in the summer at a similar time to A level and GCSE students.
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Moving the reporting period brings publication of BTEC results into line with the time period used for reporting of results for
GCSE and A level qualifications.
A second significant change in the presentation of this year's results is that they are now based on the overall cohort. This
means we report on the 2012/13 cohort of registrations expected to finish a two year course in 2013/14 and on the 2013/14
cohort expected to complete a one year course in the same academic year. In previous years we reported on all completions
in the year, irrespective of start date, and did not include non completions as part of the data set.
This provides a more complete picture of the results for BTEC Firsts and Nationals over the year. Performance tables will report
on completion rates, so it is important to include this data to align these results more closely with national reporting.
Please note that, within the data, there are some students who are listed as ‘unclassified’. Students may be reported as
unclassified for a number of reasons:
• They are still studying for their qualification: results for these learners will be included in next year's results.
• They have completed the course but did not reach the required standard in a sufficient number of units to achieve a Pass
grade for the qualification as a whole.
• They started the course but did not complete all the units.
• They have withdrawn from the course.
BTEC Level 2 First qualifications have recently undergone a significant change of structure and the new qualifications sit on the
National Qualifications Framework rather than the Qualifications and Credit Framework. The new NQF qualifications include an
additional Level 1 Pass grade which was not available in the QCF versions. The new NQF qualifications are currently being
phased in and the majority of results for this year in all subjects are from the QCF versions. The two sets of results have
therefore been presented as a single set of outcomes at Level 2.
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Learner Completions - BTEC Firsts
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BTEC FIRSTS: Registration cohort over time
10% YoY
BTEC Firsts registrations in Schools
and FE 2013/14 vs 2012/13: fell by
61,703 or 10%
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BTEC Firsts: Learner completions
Total Reg Cohort:
619,662
Total Reg Cohort:
557,959
Total Completion:
478,162
Total Completion:
435,170
• Completion volume fell by 9% in 2013-14, compared to prior year.
• 2013/14 has also seen the introduction of a new ‘Next Generation’ Firsts, now accounting for over 10% of total
Completions.
• With the withdrawal of BTEC Firsts QCF qualifications from Sept 2014 (except Diplomas), we expect volumes and
completions of the Next Generation First qualifications will continue to grow in 2015.
Completion: Students who completed at the end of the specified course duration.
Non-completion: Students who withdrew, did not meet the required standard or yet to complete.
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BTEC Firsts: QCF completions by size
Total Completion:
470,299
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Total Completion:
380,229
QCF BTEC Firsts completions fell by 19% YoY. This is due to the
introduction of BTEC Firsts Next Generation in 2012.
We have also seen a shift in the completion volume from Level 2
Certificate to Extended Certificate
2012-13
QCF Size
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 EXTENDED CERT
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA
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GLH
90
180
360
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE (90 GLH)
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 EXTENDED CERT. (180 GLH)
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA (360 GLH)
12%
62%
26%
2013-14 YoY Change
5%
-7%
72%
10%
23%
-3%
Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: NQF completion by size – 2013-14
Total Completion:
49,903
For BTEC Firsts NQF, the overwhelming majority of students take the Level
1/Level 2 Award.
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BTEC Firsts: Completion by sector
Science
10% increase
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ICT
2% increase
Engineering
No increase
Overall YoY increase of 7% in STEM Subjects (Science, ICT and Engineering).
Top 6 sectors by volume are Science, Sport and Leisure, Business and Management, Performing Arts, Health and Social Care
and ICT.
Sport and Leisure, and Performing Arts declined most YoY in volume: -16,195 (-18%) and -9,984 (-20%) respectively.
Data is for all frameworks, where sector information is available.
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BTEC Firsts: Completion in Schools compared to FE
Total Completion:
478,162
Total Completion:
435,170
• Schools account for 85% of BTEC Firsts Completion.
• Schools YoY Completion has fallen by 10%.
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FE
Schools
Total
2012-13
2013-14 Change
Change %
67,353
65,359
-1,994
-3%
410,809 369,811
-40,998
-10%
478,162 435,170
-42,992
-9%
Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Schools and FE - by framework
Total Completion:
410,809
Total Completion:
369,811
Total Completion:
67,353
• 94% of BTEC Next Generation Firsts completions were delivered in Schools.
• ‘Legacy’: for example Early Years qualifications such as BTEC Children’s Care, Learning and
Development.
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Total Completion:
65,359
Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Completion in Schools – by size and framework
(QCF vs NQF)
QCF
This excludes completion on Legacy qualifications.
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NQF
Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Completion in FE – by size and framework (QCF vs NQF)
QCF
This excludes completion on Legacy qualifications.
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NQF
Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: An overview of completions by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Completions in Schools by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Completions in FE by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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BTEC Firsts: 2013-14 Completions by gender and sector
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Top 5 BTEC Firsts sectors for girls are: Science, Health and Social Care, Sport, Performing Arts, Business, accounting for 74% of the total
completions.
Top 5 BTEC Firsts sectors for boys are: Science, Sport, Business, ICT and Performing Arts, accounting for 73% of the total completions.
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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Results 2014
BTEC Firsts: Completions by gender and sector (%)
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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BTEC Firsts: Female completions YoY by Sector
Results are based on data where sex of learner is known.
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Level 2 Firsts
(Female)
-10% YoY
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BTEC Firsts: Male completions YoY by Sector
Results are based on data where sex of learner is known.
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Level 2 Firsts
(Male)
-8% YoY
Learner Completions - BTEC Nationals
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Results 2014
BTEC NATIONALS Registration Cohort Over Time
7% YoY
BTEC Nationals registrations in Schools and FE increased by 7% (25,543) YoY.
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Results 2014
BTEC Nationals: Overview
Total Reg Cohort:
374,840
Total Reg Cohort:
400,383
Total Completion:
296,086
Total Completion:
324,938
• Registration volumes increased by 7% YoY, completion volume increased by 10% YoY.
• The completion rate was 81% for 2013-14 registration cohort.
• BTEC Nationals NQF: Registrations made only in BTEC Children’s Play, Learning and Development
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• The biggest change in completion
is related to the recently
introduced Level 3 90 Credit
Diploma – increase of 21,520
(61%) YoY. This is due to a 52%
increase in registration volume
YoY. (from 46,910 to 71,164)
Results 2014
BTEC Nationals: QCF Completions by size
Total completion:
289,753
BTEC LEVEL 3
CERT. (180 GLH)
2012-13
2013-14
YoY Change
YoY Change %
31,345
35,151
3,806
12%
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Total completion:
319,563
BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY BTEC LEVEL 3 90-CREDIT
BTEC LEVEL 3
DIP (360 GLH)
DIPLOMA (540 GLH)
DIPLOMA (720 GLH)
87,502
90,120
2,618
3%
35,512
57,032
21,520
61%
42,317
40,062
-2,255
-5%
BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED
DIP. (1080 GLH)
93,077
97,198
4,121
4%
Total
289,753
319,563
29,810
10%
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BTEC Nationals: Completions by sector
ICT
12%
increase
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Science
27% increase
Engineering
17%
increase
2014 top 6 sectors for BTEC Nationals are: Sport, Business, Performing Arts, ICT, Health and Social Care, and Art and Design.
Biggest YoY volume increase in Business (6,046, 17%); Biggest YoY percentage increase in Science (27%).
Overall of 17% YoY increase in STEM subjects (Science, ICT and Engineering)
Data is for all frameworks, where sector information are available.
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BTEC Nationals: Completions in Schools and FE
Total completion
296,086
Total completion
324,938
• FE Colleges still account for more
than 75% of completions. However
annual increase in schools has been
faster at 22% compared to 6% in
FE.
2012-13
2013-14
YoY Change
YoY Change %
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FE College
228,544
242,808
14,264
6%
Schools
67,542
82,130
14,588
22%
Total
296,086
324,938
28,852
10%
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BTEC Nationals: Completions in Schools and FE - by framework
Total completion
228,544
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Total completion
242,808
Total completion
67,542
QCF accounts for more than 98% of the completions in 2013-14, in both Schools and FE.
Percentages rounded to nearest 1%.
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Total completion
82,130
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BTEC Nationals QCF: Completions in FE by qualification size
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In FE Colleges, completion volume increased
significantly in 90 credit diploma YoY (20,969,
60%)
Completion volume dropped circa 10% in two sizes
(Subsidiary Diploma and Diploma).
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QCF Size
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 CERT.
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIP
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 90-CREDIT DIPLOMA
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIP.
GLH
180
360
540
720
1080
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BTEC Nationals QCF: Completions in Schools by qualification size
In Schools, Completion volumes go up in all qualification sizes.
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QCF Size
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 CERT.
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIP
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 90-CREDIT DIPLOMA
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA
PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIP.
GLH
180
360
540
720
1080
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BTEC Nationals: An overview of completions by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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BTEC Nationals: Completion: Completions in schools by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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BTEC Nationals Completion: Completions in FE by region
Results based on data where information on region was available
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BTEC Nationals 2013-14: Completions by gender and sector
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Health and Social Care completions were predominantly achieved by girls (94%), with no change from last year.
Engineering completions were still predominantly achieved by boys, but girls make 5% of the total completion, up from 4% last year.
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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BTEC Nationals 2013-14: Completion by gender and sector (%)
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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Level 3 Nationals
(Female)
BTEC Nationals: Female completions YoY by Sector Completion
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The sector with the biggest percentage increase is Engineering at 53%.
The sector with the biggest volume increase is Health and Social Care at 4,767.
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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10% YoY
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BTEC Nationals: Male completions YoY by Sector
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The sector with the biggest percentage increase is Science at 28%.
The sector with the biggest volume increase is Business at 3,630.
Results are based on data where sex of learner and sector is known.
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Level 3 Nationals
(Male)
9% YoY
Learner Achievement – BTEC Firsts
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BTEC Firsts Achievement: Grade Distribution Overview
•*L1P: these are only available on Level 2 NQF qualifications. These passes are deemed equivalent to Level 1.
•Volume doesn‘t include Year 9 NQF learners who haven’t completed, as they are following a three year key stage
4 programme with projection of completion in 2014/15.
•Unclassified includes ungraded, withdrawn, and students who either fail to complete or have not completed yet.
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BTEC Firsts Achievement: Sector and Grade Overview 2013-14
•L1P: these are only available on Level 2 NQF. These passes are deemed equivalent to Level 1.
•*Three sectors (Landbased, Public Services, Hair and Beauty) with no L1P grade are yet to migrate to NQF suite.
• A D* grade is not available in the Early Years qualification.
•Data is for all frameworks, where sector information are available.
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BTEC Firsts Achievement: Gender & Grade Overview
Female
Results are based on data where sex of learner is known
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Male
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BTEC Firsts Achievement: Gender, Sector & Grade Overview 2013-14
•L1P: these are only available on Level 2 NQF. These passes are deemed equivalent to Level 1.
•*Three sectors (Landbased, Public Services, Hair and Beauty) with no L1P grade are yet to migrate to NQF suite.
•Data is for all frameworks, where sector information are available.
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Learner Achievement – BTEC
Nationals
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BTEC Nationals Achievement: Grade Distribution Overview
• Unclassified includes ungraded, withdrawn, and students who either fail to complete or have not completed yet.
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BTEC Nationals Achievement: Grade & Sector Overview 2013-14
•Data is for all frameworks, where sector information is available.
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BTEC Nationals Achievement: Gender & Grade Overview
Female
Results are based on data where sex of learner is known
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Male
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BTEC Nationals Achievement: Gender, Sector & Grade Overview 2013-14
•Data is for all frameworks, where sector information is available.
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